Treasury Stock	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Equity [Abstract]
Treasury Stock	Treasury Stock On February 28, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase by us of up to an aggregate of $300.0 million of our common stock, inclusive of prior authorizations, from time to time through and including December 31, 2019. At March 31, 2016, we had approximately $106.0 million remaining under this authorization for the repurchase of our common stock. During the first three months of 2016, we issued 118,180 treasury shares which had an average cost of $6.30 per share for restricted stock units that vested during the period. In accordance with the Silgan Holdings Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, we repurchased 42,738 shares of our common stock at an average cost of $51.57 to satisfy minimum employee withholding tax requirements resulting from the vesting of such restricted stock units. We account for treasury shares using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost method. As of March 31, 2016, 27,087,901 shares of our common stock were held in treasury.

Treasury Stock

On February 28, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase by us of up to an aggregate of $300.0 million of our common stock, inclusive of prior authorizations, from time to time through and including December 31, 2019. At March 31, 2016, we had approximately $106.0 million remaining under this authorization for the repurchase of our common stock.

During the first three months of 2016, we issued 118,180 treasury shares which had an average cost of $6.30 per share for restricted stock units that vested during the period. In accordance with the Silgan Holdings Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, we repurchased 42,738 shares of our common stock at an average cost of $51.57 to satisfy minimum employee withholding tax requirements resulting from the vesting of such restricted stock units.

We account for treasury shares using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost method. As of March 31, 2016, 27,087,901 shares of our common stock were held in treasury.